Brief History of How Pope's Blessings Caused Death Misfortune and Tragedy

Going through some of my old archives, I uncovered some tidbits about some of the Pope's
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Brief History of How Pope's Blessings Caused Death Misfortune and Tragedy

1851. Pope Pius IX sent the Golden Rose to the king of the
(two Sicilies. In less than a year he lost his crown and kingdom.

1866. The same Pope sent his blessing to the Austrian Kaiser.
In less than a year he lost Venetia and was defeated at Sadowa.

1867. The Pope blessed Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico.
He was dethroned and shot. Then the Pope blessed the Em-
peror's widow. She became a hopeless maniac, and died in
exile.

1868. The same Pope sent the Golden Rose to Queen Isabella of Spain. In a
short time she lost her crown and died in exile.

1895. The Archbishop of Damascus, at Vittoria. gave (he Pope's blessing to the
Spanish troops and fleet. Spain then lost two fleets and two armies.

1897. The Papal Nuncio blessed the grand Charity Bazaar in Paris.
Within five minutes it was in flames.
Nearly 150 of the aristocracy perished,
including the sister of the Empress of Austria.

1906. Victoria Eugenie (Ena), daughter of
Princess Henry of Battenburg,
married Alphonso XIII, king of Spain.

She was required to renounce her Protestant faith,
which she did. Within a fortnight afterwards she narrowly
escaped death at the hands of a Romish anarchist, while
13 hapless victims succumbed,
and 80 others were wounded.
Her wedding garments were bespattered with
human blood.

1923 the Pope sent her the
Golden Rose,
and in 1931
she and her husband
were exiled.

The Spain they ruled over became
a republic under the
Pope's "Christian gentleman,"
General Franco.

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1924. A rich English landowner, Mr. Edwards,
turned Roman Catholic.
In 1926 he went to Rome, was blessed by the Pope
and died in four days.

1928. The Pope blessed the "Italia" airship and
gave it a "cross"
to place on the North Pole.
The airship
broke in two
and half the crew were lost.
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The President of France made
a personal visit to the Pope in 1957.

The first time in French history.

A few months later the
Fourth French Republic
started to crumble
and the French colonial army
has suffered
one defeat
after another.
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Cardinal Stritch
of Chicago accepted
the invitation of the Pope
to become the first American to head one of the
Congregation of the Roman Church.

He left Chicago after Easter 1958and
he died
a few days after
his arrival in Rome.
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The Pope blesses with his right hand

"Rid me and deliver me from the hand of strange children,
whose mouth speaketh vanity,
and their right hand is
a right hand of falsehood." Ps. 144:10.